Improved collar and hames



WILLIAM OBRIEN AND HARRY WENTWORTII, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

Lette/rs Patent No. 101,303, 'dated' March 29, 1870.

IMPROVE!) COLLAR AND EAMES.

Thev Schedule referred to in these L|etize1sl Patent and making part of the same To all whom 'it may conce-rn ments in the construction and arrangement of collars and haines in one structure.

'lhe invention consists in an improved simple and cheap construction of the stocks or parts which serve the function of the haines and the base for the padding and lining of wood bodies, with metal mountings vat the ends, ofpeculiar construction, to form the joints,

as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my improved combined hameand collar, a part being sectioned to show the construction more clearly.

Figures 2 and 3 represent cross-sections.

' Similar lettersrof reference indicate corresponding parts.

I make the stocks or rigid parts A of wood, by first shapingr the-pieces into slabs of the oval and pointed shape required, and then bending them in the wellknown way of bending and shaping wood to the forms represented in the drawings. These stocks are then fitted and secured to the crotched metallic end mountings B B C C', terminating in solid roundlends, which at the top join together with socket and tenon, and at the bottom by a strong hinge-joint, so shaped that when 4in working position the said ends form a coutinuous round and smooth connection forA the martingales or straps connecting with the girth. These lower jointsare intended to prevent the two parts from oscillating on the vertical axis.

D is a staple or loop of wire connected to the hinged parts C, and made in two parts to open when the two parts of the hame and collar are turned on the hinge- `joint. This staple may be used for connecting the pole-straps or straps of any kind, as required.

The upper joint is held together bya strap and buckle. lhe socket and tenon prevent lateral movement of one part on another.

The lining or padding-leather E is rst provided with the ornamental borders F by stitching to the edges thereof at G, and then the daps of the borders are stretched over the turned-up edges of the tin .or other sheet-metal plates H, and secured tothe wood stocks A, by tacking to them through the plates H, in a wayto raise the ribs near each edge of the front vof the stock, between which the stuffed and ornamented facings I are secured byscrews K.

'lhe upper ends of the stocks A are rebated on one side for the reception of the` prongs of the metal mountings B, as represented in tig. 2. n

The terrets L and tug-connections M are attached by screwing into the wood parts A, and may have nuts N imbedded in the stocks in the manner of securing log-bolts.

It will be seen that this construction and manner of applying the padding-leather and vfacings admits of doing all the stitchingprior to the attachment to the stock.

Having thus described om invention,

We claim as new and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent- The combination, wit-h the wood stocks A, shaped and arranged as described, of the crotched end mountings B B' and CC', when socket-jointed at the top and hinge-jointed at the bottom, all substantially ask specified.

WM. OBRIEN. HARRY WEN'LWORTH. Witnesses N. B. LAssk, J. W. RoswELL. 

